Three sequences intended for the movie were not in the final print: "The Pheeneys" with Cary Grant, Richard Arlen and Miriam Hopkins, "The Man Who Drops Dead" by Oliver H.P. Garrett, directed by Thornton Freeland with Tallulah Bankhead, and Clive Brook, and "The Randall Marshalls" with Sylvia Sidney, Carole Lombard, Randolph Scott and Fredric March, and directed by Lothar Mendes. It is not known if the first two segments were filmed and dropped or simply not filmed. The last sequence was partially filmed, but dropped because March would not participate in retakes without salary.
$1,000,000 in 1932 had the same purchasing power as $21,837,226 in 2023.
In his segment, Charles Ruggles plays a character named Mr. Peabody whose boss is named Mr. Bullwinkle. Both names are also associated with the popular 1950s-'60s cartoon show Rocky und Bullwinkle (1959): Bullwinkle J. Moose is one of the main protagonists and hosts of the show, and Mr. Peabody the genius dog stars in the "Peabody's Improbable History" segments. Ruggles himself had a recurring role on the show, voicing Aesop in the "Aesop and Son" segments.
Pvt. Mulligan tells Zeb, "I'd gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today", which is a phrase made famous by the character, J. Wellington Wimpy (generally referred to as Wimpy), from the "Popeye" comic strip.
The Ernst Lubitsch segment starring Charles Laughton, "The Clerk," is included in the Criterion edition of Design for Living (1933), spine #592.